Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything is probably the best non-fiction book I’ve ever read. In fact, it’s probably the best one ever written. The sheer amount of information in it is utterly staggering. It is so well researched that when...

One day I woke up and I was sick of being sick. And that one moment changed everything. Some of what I am going to tell you here will be like telling the ancient people that the world was actually round and not flat. Just come along for a little while and listen. ...

In the last few days, a couple of different story link sites sent me running to Gizmag. I’ve been reading it constantly ever since. It’s filled with cutting edge stories about people making the future right now. It wasn’t the first time I’ve...

Earlier today, the BBC reported that Iran showed off a downed and completely undamaged US spy drone. Take a look at the footage and you’ll know that the military bullshits you. The other day, their official story was that there was no indication the drone got...

Scientific American is running a story about using genetically modified Mosquitoes to annihilate Mosquito populations. Slashdot picked up on the debate only a few days later, pointing to an article in Gizmag aptly called Genetic Genocide. Mosquitoes are notorious...